11 Years of Chicken Maker

As we reach the end of our 11th year I'm still having fun with this. The Patreon is really stepping up, far surpassing my wildest expectations of maybe $5 eventually. Looking forward to year 12, but let's look back first.

I'm kind of losing interest in this several pieces, but in green, gimmick I use every year. I don't have a better one to go with though. I suppose I could just drop it, like I dropped drawing many chickens for my 100th post and the like. Anyways, happy St. Patrick's Day!

First off, I thought I should have a wallpaper, since making these monthly is something I started this past year. Since they're elaborate that seemed like it might be too much, but luckily I had this one that already has so many variants, and adding a green one was no trouble at all.

Layered Simplicity

Rain of Sorrow
Going from dramatic sorrow

Killing Blow
To abstract violence

Flutter
Then back to the cute and fluffy

Sand Serpent
This has gone from desert to... aquarium?

Vampire (Sticker)
I feel good about the recent Sticker series.

Going Along

Going along is what it's all about, so make sure you keep going along or things won't be going along.

Can't argue with that, now can you?

Ninja 2

This is a ninja. It's not the first one I've drawn and it won't be the last. In relation to other ninja-based pieces of the past it's most similar to this one. His poor wing must be some uncomfortable in that outfit though...

Salt

And here we have last month's video. I had no plan when I made this last month and it took me a week to do silly things like record the audio track. Sorry it took so long.

Despite me getting the impression of the Morton's Salt girl this has nothing in common with it besides being yellow and having an umbrella. I guess this is the same pose?

Purple Scarf

This stylish bird is clad in a stunning purple scarf, ready to take on the world and mild winters. It will need a hat and maybe some boots if he wants to get by anything worse,

Remix

I've abandoned everything I know in order to rebuild from the ground. It went poorly so I'll have to return to everything I know and give up on finding another path... No, I'm just kidding. This is a wild REMIX! Lots of lightning, broken records and jump cuts are all you really need.

For an actual remix I suppose you just really need an original though.

Knight (Sticker)

The promised knight appears. In general I shade metal to make it look more metallic, but I thought I should try to make the "Sticker" set more consistent so I left the colors flat.

Unlike the knight I'm not sure I have an actual plan for dragon so I might just go with wizard next. Or I could stop doing standard fantasy things. Not sure why that's my theme. Also if these are actual stickers they should probably say "chickenmaker.net" on them somewhere.

Pen Sketch

I have a fancy drawing tablet that I use sporadically. I am, of course, specialized in drawing with a mouse. Every time I take it out I've forgotten how to use it and it's a whole new learning experience.

I think my biggest issue is that I still use MS Paint with it instead of an art program that properly supports these fancy inputs.

February 2020 Wallpaper - Reborn

A shining phoenix of a chicken rises up from the flames. As the flames burn the world is shown its glorious form.

This piece may be too orange, but the golden flames and feathers go together so well and I didn't want to leave it brown or grey, which I tried in earlier iterations of the design.

As always these wallpapers are brought to you by my supporters on Patreon, where you can download the full size version.

Vampire (Sticker)

Continuing from the thrilling start with Princess we have another popular choice, vampire. I know, that's not Dragon or Knight, but there's a nice flowing cloak in this one. Now I've drawn the same vampire on here several times (This is my favorite) but this one is different His beak is dark and there aren't any bloody fangs. I think the cape gets the vampire across though.